mx:03 Turbulance

New set! This is the full length set that appeared on Deep Field @ KVRX 91.7 FM on 5/5/10. Big thanks to Andres Aguirre for helping to make this a reality, and to those in Austin TX that have shown support. Track listing below:

mx:03 : Turbulance

• Intro . Hunter S. Thompson (jDubb rmx)
• Pocket Dwellers . Deadbeat
• Tendency . Jan Jelenik
• Melons . Move D. & Benjamin Brun
• Metro . Tadeo
• Inversion 6 (Donato Dozzy rmx) . Mike Parker
• Interlude . Hunter S. Thompson (jDubb rmx)
• SpatialDimension . Echospace
• Radar . Move D. & Benjamin Brun
• Like I was King . Move D.
• Spheric Wave . Sven Weisemann
• Hym to Ra . Quantec
• When We Were Young . Roger Gerressen
• A Beautiful Mind . STL

Download “Turbulance” (58:00min)

” This piece of music represents a collection of tracks from some of my biggest influences. It seems as though I’ve always had an appreciation for those producers that were trying to bend the rules, and say something about the techno that wasn’t being spoken in other forms of the genre. My hope is to offer this set as a testament to my respect for their work and to let them know: I hear you. ”
-jdubb

Reset that Apple OS in under 60 seconds.

I recently ran into a situation where I had a mac, but not the memory for the username/password, or install disks to reset the admin. Luckily, with a little searching around, I found a solution from the good people at the “Apple Blog”. So, get out that dusty mac, and ‘haccess’ it.

To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you need to enter the terminal and create a new admin account:

• Reboot
• Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
• When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
• mount -uw /
• rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
• shutdown -h now/

After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!

Big thanks to the hip cats at the Apple Blog. See the original post for a bit more information.

mx:02 jDubb

New mix! And this week, it’s an upbeat take on tech house in Austin, TX. This one is called “Live For Lanai” and features some of my favorite deep house and techno tracks from 2009 and as far back as 2006. These are solid head-bobbing testaments to the club scene here in Austin. With a few new venues opening up, and a few holding strong, this list of tracks represents, I feel, the vibe found on these roof-top patios, and open air clubs down in Austin’s warehouse district. The track listing is as follows:

mx:02 : Live For Lanai

• Make It Easy (John Tejada Rmx) . Lucine . Ghostly International
• Ne Travaillez Jamais . Achim Maerz . Derive
• Resting II . Leonid . Statik Entertainment
• Wondering . Brendon Moeller . Steadfast Records
• Aundy . Claude Van Stroke . dirtybird
• Times (Manuel Tur Rmx) . Landenberg . Mild Pitch
• Motions . Patrice Scott . Sistrum Recordings
• Mountain008.1 . The Mountain People . Mountain People
• Sun Step . Oxia . 8bit
• Ayomide (Kenquo Rmx) . Gorge . 8bit
• Treat Me Right (Jimpster Rmx) . Tony Lionni . Freerange Recordings
• Vibes . Mute . Running Back

Download “Live For Lanai” (107:19min)

” After one of those long nights, we ended up on the rooftop of this club downtown called Lanai. The beats were pretty solid all night. This set is inspired by that evening. Thanks to those that were there! We had a great time at the complimentary bottle service before hand! Cheers! Let’s do it again. ”
-jdubb

Go to the theatre

It calls you, and you must obey.

Despite all those fancy home systems that consist of wide ultra high-def screens and surround systems that make the skin on your face ripple when the sound wave hits you, there is still something to say about heading out the theatre. That’s right. Get out of your house, buy a ticket and experience the film (or whatever) the way it was intended. Just a thought.

The Decision to Go Digital

It wasn’t easy, I’ll say that right up front. In fact, it took me a lot longer than some. I saw it happening, slowly at first, and suddenly it was extremely common to see Djs standing, ‘headphoneless’, behind a laptop clicking around on the screen, playing their music, or what looked like the latest playlist on iTunes, through the house system.

At the time, I was still dragging my record bag to and from clubs committed to the idea that in order to be a Dj, you had to actually play records. Mixing was a skill, a right of passage. If you could match beats, and creatively execute a set of well selected, sought after tracks, you were a Dj. All those hours spent digging through the crates at the local record store, listening for that hidden b-side with that perfect hook or funky breakdown to take that set to the next level, were all dissipating into hours spent searching the net for that latest download.

The analog world of vinyl was wasting away, more and more people were turning to digital. But for what? Why? How could they sacrifice that warm, full sound of vinyl and trade it in for the tin and ultra-clear, glassy digital tones of .mp3/.wav/etc, etc…?

It was a few years later that the interest in going digital suddenly hit me. Richie Hawtin had just released his Decks, Effects and 909 mix. We drove out to Rochester, and caught his show where I saw that the electronic music performance was (seamingly) easy to build on. You could incorporate several other methods of making music, and completely customize the set to your specific style. Other local Dj’s like Mike Parker had done complete live PAs and brought the studio to the club, but Richie was doing something that seamlessly incorporated the Dj set with the studio production.

I suppose the moment I noticed my own move towards a digital setup was when my laptop started coming to the gig with me. I was using it to record off the mixer using Ableton. Other than that, though, it was just another bag I had to carry, and another piece of equipment to setup and worry about.

mx01 : jDubb

Welcome! This is the first post from Jwm. and to kick it off we are featuring a dj set by jDubb. His latest offering showcases a collection of tracks that come from the ethereal side of techno and deep house. It’s titled “Morning Coffee”. The track listing is as follows:

mx:01 : Morning Coffee

• Discernment . Yagya . Native State Records
• Organ In The Attic Sings The Blues. Deadbeat . Scape
• Tswana Dub (Remaster) . Intrusion . Echospace [Detroit]
• Grand Bend (Echospace Restructure) . DeepChord . Echospace [Detroit]
• Metamorphosed . Quantec . Styrax Records
• Starlight (Unreleased) . Model 500 . Echospace [Detroit]
• Vantage Isle (DC Mix) . Deepchord . Echospace [Detroit]
• Why . Tikiman vs Rhythm&Sound . Burial Mix
• Never Tell You . Tikiman vs Rhythm&Sound . Burial Mix
• From A Distance . STL . Smallville Records
• Herb . Manmade Science . Philpot Records
• Whistle Like You’re 56 . Pellerin . ??

Download “Morning Coffee” (57:03min)

“This set is built with tracks that have really stood out for me in the last few years. Music, for me is a series of discoveries. That’s what I love about digging through all the online music stores and net labels. You’re presented with tons of new music and it’s right at your finger tips. There are so many talented people out there making music, it’s really quite inspiring. Just when you think you’ve got a good hold on what’s going on, you click a link and are instantly subjected to an avalanche of great stuff. I guess that’s what keeps me interested – the idea that there is a constant state of change, and discovery.

When I begin building a set, it usually starts with a single track. In the case with “Morning Coffee”, I had the ending figured out first. The track, “Whistle like you’re 56″ was something that I stumbled on a year or so ago, and instantly took to. It’s dissident, dubbed-out vocal and rich sound design was a perfect example of what I think the future of dub techno is to be – extreme minimalism, sounds that challenge the time signature, and complex environmental sampling. This single track set the pace for the set’s theme.

I knew I wanted to keep the vibe relaxed, contemplative, yet textured enough to keep things interesting. Echospace in Detroit has some really top-notch producers and I’ve always had a huge respect for what they were/are trying to do with techno. I love that they’ve essentially picked up the torch from Basic Channel and have taken their ideals in a new direction. So, it was natural to turn to them in order to build on the theme.

The actual recording happened one cold morning at home. It was quiet and calm. The mixes seemed to happen in the same way, patient and passive. By all means, this is not music meant for the dance floor, or even for the bar. This music is to be consumed in an active listening environment. So sit back, plug in those head phones, get yourself a cup of good coffee and get back to work.” -jDubb

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